Harry Phibbs

Journalist. Local government editor of @ConHome. Married with three daughters. [email protected],

[Harry Phibbs @harryph]

@alexwickham Good news. When it comes to EU regulations “dynamic alignment” means stultifying conformity.

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“I have been asked to be on boards where it is quite explicit that an ‘ethnic minority’ face is needed. Get lost, I tend to say.”

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Do you have a misguided Leftist friend. @Miss_Snuffy has written the perfect book to give them for Christmas!

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“Similarly, the Arab slave trade involved the enslavement of an estimated 17 million Africans and Europeans (considerably more than the total for the entire European slave trade) but there is no culture of ‘Arab guilt’.”

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Mocking the victims. Shooting the messenger. From the man who boasts he “is always right.”

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The Prime Minister is not a very good judge of character, is he? This tweet was sent long after the Andrew Sachs obscene phone calls scandal.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

Depressing to see media mission to discredit someone who stops playing their game & uses celebrity to help others. Keep going @rustyrockets.

[Harry Phibbs @harryph]

Andy Burnham said: "I'm a big fan of David and feel honoured to have his support for my campaign to put Labour back in touch with millions of disillusioned voters." https://t.co/V76KOKP8Wf

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Useful guide to election canvassing - for the 1950 election...https://t.co/7zx5GpqG8Q

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@SophyRidgeSky There was plenty of evidence of Brand's vile behaviour well before 2015. Perhaps Lucy thought claims of women facing abuse was just a right wing dog whistle?

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Fog in Channel. Continent isolated. https://t.co/BL4Z1uXfhm

[Institute of Economic Affairs @iealondon]

🏫 Three cities, three days and plenty of big economic questions. This week, the IEA’s Northern Schools Tour took our speakers to sixth-form students at Stretford Grammar School in Manchester, Emmanuel College in Newcastle and The Edinburgh Academy, in partnership with the Vinson Centre.

🎓 Across the three conferences, hundreds of students explored what drives economic growth, why trade matters, how we should think about inequality and opportunity, and what past economic crises can teach us. The tour closed in Edinburgh with a focus on liberty, choice and responsibility.

🗣️ The real highlight was the students themselves, who brought sharp questions and lively debate to every session. Our thanks go to the schools, speakers and students who made the tour such a success. Economic education shouldn’t stop at the classroom door, and we look forward to the next one.

[Lord Moylan @danielmgmoylan]

Read this thread. If it’s true it means the @UKLabour government is consciously destroying our burgeoning AI and high tech sector out of a slavish desire to be run by the EU and increase the sale of seed potatoes.

[dan barker @danbarker]

The sad irony of this is:

- the Leeds data centre is estimated to create 1,000+ jobs across the region
- its water needs are roughly equivalent to 5 moderately busy car washes
- and... it will use rainwater gathering, so a decent chunk of water needs are covered anyway

Objecting to it essentially makes the region poorer, for no real gain.

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You’ve been given free access to this story from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.

El Salvador’s president thinks he can eliminate Haiti’s gangs
https://t.co/NlNLGEkTXV

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

Wasn't just Miliband...

[Harry Phibbs @harryph]

@w9maidavale I think it does apply, Geoff. But I have put in an FOI to the OPDC to check. £14,000 to attend four meetings a year comes to £3,500 a meeting! A pretty lucrative "job".

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From Private Eye…

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@echetus “Job”?